Associations between vegetation patterns and soil texture in the shortgrass steppe

Plant Ecology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-137

  Dodd, M B ^a,b   Lauenroth, W K ^a   Burke, I C ^a   Chapman, P L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Grassland; Plant functional types; Shrubland; Transect

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEXTURE; STEPPE; TRANSECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

RESEDA LUTEOLA;

EID: 0036075108     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015525303754     Document Type: Article

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